Agesipolis II

Agesipolis II (Greek: Ἀγησίπολις Bʹ; died 369 BC), son of the king Cleombrotus I, succeeded his father and reigned as Agiad King of Sparta.[1] His rule was exceedingly brief, from, at most, 371 until his death in 369 BC.[2][3] He was succeeded by his brother Cleomenes II.

References

  1. Mason, Charles Peter (1867), "Agesipolis II", in Smith, William, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology 1, Boston: Little, Brown and Company, p. 71
  2. Pausanias, Description of Greece iii. 6. § 1
  3. Diodorus Siculus, xv. 60
Preceded by
Cleombrotus I
Agiad King of Sparta
371369 BC
Succeeded by
Cleomenes II


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